LaunchDarkly Reviews & Product Details

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, California, LaunchDarkly serves over 5,500 enterprises, including a quarter of the Fortune 500. As the industry’s leading end-to-end feature management platform, LaunchDarkly enables software and AI development teams to de-risk every release, accelerate AI development, remove barriers to experimentation, and increase developer productivity. By separating feature releases from deployments, teams can ship confidently, experiment safely, and continuously optimize software delivery—ensuring governance, control, and velocity at scale. The LaunchDarkly platform is built on four core components that enable teams to release with confidence and drive business impact. Guarded Releases provide real-time monitoring, progressive rollouts, and instant rollbacks, allowing teams to minimize risk and prevent faulty features from impacting users. AI Configurations enable teams to iterate on models and prompts in real time, refining AI behavior without requiring redeployment. Experimentation unifies feature delivery and testing, helping teams analyze feature performance and ship the best-performing variations based on real data. Release Management standardizes best practices at scale, providing automated rollout pipelines, structured governance, and real-time visibility into release health. At its core, LaunchDarkly empowers organizations to move faster while reducing risk. With automated feature rollouts, real-time release insights, and seamless integration with CI/CD workflows and data platforms like Snowflake, development teams can increase productivity, reduce downtime, and bring new innovations to market faster than ever. Organizations that adopt LaunchDarkly gain a competitive edge by accelerating release velocity, minimizing risk, and continuously optimizing customer experiences to maximize business impact.

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Regression detection and automated incident response at the feature level. Connect critical metrics to your release process, so that every change is monitored - even the smallest releases, where issues would previously have been obscured by noise in the wider system metrics.

Track the progression of a feature flag across a series of phases, where each phase consists of one or more environments.

Target groups of contexts individually or by attribute. Contexts are people, services, machines, or other resources that encounter feature flags in your product.

Design experiments that measure business-critical user flows and provide results specific to those product funnels. Measure multi-step user journeys. Determine whether you’re getting the conversions that you want with all your metrics visible in one place.

Feature Flags Explained: Control What Ships | Take Control of Every Release

Guarded Releases Explained | How to Ship Without Fear

AI Configs Explained | Ship AI You Can Trust In Production

With LaunchDarkly Experimentation, you can run A/B tests directly in your release workflow and measure the real impact of every feature you ship. This video demonstrates how to track behavior, conversions, and custom metrics across a range

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Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/31/2025

"Makes managing feature access across environments easy"

4.5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

I really like how easy it is to control which users or groups get access to certain features without needing to involve engineers or deploy new code. I mostly use segments to manage university access in our product, and being able to make changes instantly across production and QA is super convenient. It gives our team a lot of flexibility and control without technical complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

The interface can feel a bit overwhelming at first, especially with so many options and settings. It took me a while to understand how segments, flags, and environments all work together. I also wish there was a simpler way to clean up or manage older segments and flags — things can get cluttered over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is LaunchDarkly solving and how is that benefiting you?

LaunchDarkly helps us manage feature access without needing engineering support for every change. We can easily control which universities get access to specific features and roll things out gradually or in stages. This reduces the risk of bugs affecting all users at once, speeds up our ability to launch updates, and gives our team more independence to manage things directly in QA and production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Emily Coleman of LaunchDarkly

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Thanks for the thoughtful review! We’re glad LaunchDarkly is giving your team the flexibility to manage university access across environments without needing constant engineering support. Your feedback on the UI and segment cleanup is really helpful. If you haven't seen it already, we do have a guide on reducing technical debt with feature flags in our docs that we'll link below in case it's helpful for you.

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Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/7/2026

"Effortless Flag Management with an Intuitive Interface"

4.5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

Creating and configuring a new flag is really easy ans straightforward, launchdarkly UI is very intuitive and easy to use. Sdk integration is also very easy and adding it in code is also very straightforward, we never faced any downtime Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

Segments have a limit of 15000 which is low for one of our usecase Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Micaela Durkin of LaunchDarkly

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Thank you for sharing your experience! We’re so glad to hear that creating and managing flags feels effortless for your team.

Carmen P.

8/6/2025

"Simplifies Feature Management but Needs UI Improvements"

4/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

I appreciate LaunchDarkly’s experimentation features alongside its feature flag management. It's easy to define segments and activate features accordingly, offering great simplicity and transparency. Managing access to functionalities for multiple users with ease and clarity is highly valuable because it makes oversight and administration straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

I found the initial setup of LaunchDarkly rather difficult, requiring a substantial amount of engineering effort to migrate our existing feature flag management to their platform. Additionally, there are issues with the user interface related to setting new rules and automatic expiry dates for feature flags. Often, when trying to save an expiry date, it doesn’t get saved properly, or it's not clearly visible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Emily Coleman of LaunchDarkly

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Thanks for the great review, Carmen! We’re glad LaunchDarkly is making it easy for everyone on your team to get the access they need without a lot of overhead. We appreciate your feedback on the UI and setup. We’ll make sure they’re shared with the team as we continue improving onboarding and setup.

Frank A.

Sr Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/24/2025

"Launchdarkly is a game changer for feature management"

5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

The ability to easily and securely enable or disable features, as well as collect data, has been very valuable. I have also found the integration with GitHub and Datadog to be excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

The current tooling functions well, but I find that it needs more integration with GitHub. I would also appreciate greater visibility on flags and a smoother connection with the main application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Micaela Durkin of LaunchDarkly

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Thank you for the great feedback. We're glad to hear LaunchDarkly is helping you securely manage features and streamline releases, especially with the GitHub and Datadog integrations. We appreciate your suggestion for a deeper GitHub integration and improved visibility, those insights are really helpful as we continue to improve.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/26/2025

"Simplifies Feature Rollouts"

4/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

LaunchDarkly has become an essential part of our release process. It enables us to roll out features safely and control exposure across different user segments. The platform is intuitive, stable, and integrates effortlessly with our existing systems. It’s helped our team deploy updates with greater confidence and far less risk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

No downsides so far. Everything functions as expected Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is LaunchDarkly solving and how is that benefiting you?

LaunchDarkly helps us reduce the risk of new feature deployments by separating code pushes from feature releases. We can easily monitor performance, perform gradual rollouts, and toggle features off instantly when needed. This flexibility has improved our release speed and made experimentation much safer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Micaela Durkin of LaunchDarkly

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Thank you for sharing your experience! We're so glad to hear that LaunchDarkly has made your release process smoother and more controlled. It’s great that our platform helps your team deploy with confidence and manage risk effectively. We appreciate your kind words and are thrilled to be part of your success.

Mudasir Z.

Senior Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/29/2025

"Game-Changing Observability and Session Replay with Effortless Integration"

5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

The Observability and Session Replay features have been a game changer for us and I loved the ease of use and integration on FE side. Loved the support we got from the CS team as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

Don't think there's anything that dislike at this point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Micaela Durkin of LaunchDarkly

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Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that Observability and Session Replay have been game changers for your team and that our customer success team made the integration process smooth. We appreciate your support and love having you as a LaunchDarkly customer.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/26/2026

"Custom Attributes Are a Game-Changer for Flexible Flag Control"

5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

Custom attributes for me personally is a game changer, as it allows us to control flags based on a range of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

The UI/UX experience is not the best. It can be quite confusing to get started with LD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Micaela Durkin of LaunchDarkly

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Thank you for sharing your feedback! We’re glad to hear custom attributes have been a game changer for flexible flag control and safer deployments. We also appreciate the note on the UI and onboarding and will share that with our product team. For onboarding, the LaunchDarkly Academy is a great place to get started, I've shared the link below.

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Chris D.

8/14/2025

"Transformative Flag Management, Minimal Drawbacks"

5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

I love how straightforward the setup process was with LaunchDarkly, thanks to excellent onboarding support and comprehensive documentation. The ability to implement feature flags prevents errors in production and allows for quick rollbacks, which is crucial for our efficiency and has reduced customer-impacting incidents to almost zero. The context-specific targeting and zero latency evaluations are highly valuable. I appreciate the application's seamless integration across various platforms like Ruby on Rails, Java, and Golang. Its ease of use and speed are fantastic, making it a standout choice despite any cost concerns. I wholeheartedly recommend it with a perfect score of 10 on the recommendation scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

The only downsides are cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Emily Coleman of LaunchDarkly

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Chris, thank you for such a thoughtful review. We’re thrilled to hear how LaunchDarkly has helped your team improve reliability and speed up resolution times. We're also glad the onboarding experience, documentation, and integrations were helpful and got you going quickly.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/10/2025

"Lightning-Fast Updates and Effortless Custom Logic"

4.5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

How quick new value updates flow to the user, and how easy it is to add custom logic based on versioning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

There's no ability to add a static flag, aka it doesn't refresh until app launch. Useful for things such as app theme which you don't want to be truly dynamic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Micaela Durkin of LaunchDarkly

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Thank you for sharing your experience! We’re thrilled to hear that LaunchDarkly’s quick updates and support for custom logic are making a real difference for your team.

Max H.

8/7/2025

"Streamlined Feature Management with Room for Improvement"

4.5/5

What do you like best about LaunchDarkly?

I appreciate how straightforward it is to add new feature flags and how simple it is to turn permissions on or off for various user levels. The UI is user-friendly and makes it easy to find and manage flags quickly. I really enjoy using LaunchDarkly, and its ability to manage user features based on what they should be seeing or not is invaluable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LaunchDarkly?

I find it a bit tricky to target groups instead of users. Adding groups to a flag could be a little more straightforward. I find the context and segment terminology a bit unintuitive when adding groups to a flag. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Emily Coleman of LaunchDarkly

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Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, Max! We’re glad LaunchDarkly is helping you manage features and user permissions. Your feedback on group targeting and terminology is really helpful. We’ll pass it along to the team as we work to make that experience more intuitive.